Niger's army says it is creating a special force to protect 'strategic' sites, including uranium mines and oil wells, from 'terrorist' attacks in the country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015.
Niger's army says it is creating a special force to protect"strategic" sites, including uranium mines and oil wells, from"terrorist" attacks in the country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015.
The sites will include uranium mines in the north, oil wells in the north east and in particular a nearly 2,000-kilometre pipeline that runs from landlocked Niger's oilfields to Benin's Seme port on the Atlantic coast. Niger already announced plans four years ago to double the size of its army to 50,000 troops by 2025.
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